Newbies on CBS

Last year when I first saw this commercial, I cracked up immediately. I continued to laugh every time I saw this guy act completely awkward on the phone. I literally turned to the person next to me after seeing it for the 30th time and said, 'now why doesn't this guy have his own sitcom?' Well I guess the television Gods were listening because now Kevin Bornheimer has his own comedy on CBS called Worst Week. Bornheimer stars as Sam Briggs who continually has a terrible week with his girlfriend and her parents. I think this show definitely has some promise.


Gary Unmarried is another new sitcom on CBS. It stars Jay Mohr (not the ex Wells High Basketball Coach) as a divorced guy with a kid. It seems like it will be kind of the generic sitcom that fails. It really doesn't have a niche to build on. I enjoy Jay Mohr but I don't think he'll be able to carry the show on his own. I'm gonna give it a shot this fall, mostly for the love of Christmas Do-Over.

CBS Fall Preview

CBS is the king of the non continuous dramas that kill on ratings but are never any good. Any dude can step in every other week and watch an episode of NCIS or CSI and not miss any important plot points from the week before. That is something that I really hate. These shows are not anywhere close to the losts and heroes of the world, but beat them in viewers week in and week out. The fantastic sitcom lineup from CBS is also one of the worst. To be fair, I have never seen How I Met Your Mother, but 2 and 1/2 Men is not funny and Big Bang Theory is God awful. The little I've seen of Old Christine I liked so I'm hoping the new comedies, Worst Week and Gary Unmarried, are more similar to that. CBS kills it on reality though. I'm about to finish Big Brother and Survivor and Amazing Race get enough compliments that I will be checking them out this fall.

Interest Level (6=really want to start this show...1=will never watch this show)

Monday
8:00 Big Bang Theory- Season 2: Interest Level= 1 (Starts Sept. 22)
8:30 How I Met Your Mother- Season 4: Interest Level= 2
(Starts Sept. 22)
9:00 Two and a Half Men- Season 6: Interest Level= 2
(Starts Sept. 22)
9:30 Worst Week- (New): Starting to watch (Starts Sept. 22)
10:00 CSI Miami- Season 7: Interest Level= 2 (Starts Sept. 22)

Tuesday
8:00 NCIS- Season 6: Interest Level= 2 (Starts Sept. 23)
9:00 The Mentalist- (New): Interest Level= 3 (Starts Sept. 23)
10:00 Without a Trace- Season 7: Interest Level= 2 (Starts Sept. 23)

Wednesday
8:00 New Adventures of Old Christine- Season 4: Interest Level= 5 (Starts Sept. 24)
8:30 Gary Unmarried- (New): Starting to watch (Starts Sept. 24)
9:00 Criminal Minds- Season 4: Interest Level= 2 (Starts Sept. 24)
10:00 CSI NY- Season 5: Interest Level= 2 (Starts Sept. 24)

Thursday
8:00 Survivor- Season 17: Starting to watch (Starts Sept. 18)
9:00 CSI- Season 9: Interest Level= 2 (Starts Oct. 9)
10:00 The 11th Hour- (New): Interest Level= 2 (Starts Oct. 9)

Friday
8:00 Ghost Whisperer- Season 4: Interest Level= 3 (Starts Oct. 3)
9:00 The Ex List- (New): Interest Level= 1 (Starts Oct. 3)
10:00 Numb3rs- Season 5: Interest Level= 3 (Starts Oct. 3)

Sunday
8:00 Amazing Race- Season 13: Starting to watch (Starts Sept. 28)
9:00 Cold Case- Season 6: Interest Level= 2 (Starts Sept. 28)
10:00 The Unit- Season 4: Interest Level= 2 (Starts Sept. 28)

New Fox Shows

Fringe is the fourth show created by JJ Abrams (Felicity, Alias, Lost). Like all of Abrams' shows, Fringe will have an overarching mythology. The plot centers around a research scientist, his son and a female FBI agent. Abrams said his inspiration came from a range of sources including X-Files and the Twilight Zone. Notable cast involved are Joshua Jackson and the bald black dude from The Wire and Lost (Lance Reddick).




Do Not Disturb is a new sitcom dealing with a hotel in New York City that used to be popular...sounds strangely like 'Welcome to the Captain.' Jerry O'Connell will take his second stab in two years at starring in a sitcom. His Carpoolers of ABC tanked last season, but it did not have the bonus feature of co-starring #2, aka Robert Wagner.



Hole In the Wall is an adaptation on the Japanese game Brain Wall. Basically the contestants have to arrange themselves in different ways in order to fit themselves into a hole in the wall. It sounds interesting for two episodes and then will be done.

Fox Returners

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles returns for its second season on Fox. I really enjoyed the first season and this show is probably in my top five awaited returns. The addition of Brian Austin Green mid-season was a great decision. Seeing young David Silver as an action star is like a dream come true. Also, Clare's friend from the first season of Heroes is John Connor so that's an extra tv plus. If you are excited for the new Christian Bale infested Terminator 4, you really should catch up on Sarah Connor Chronicles to fill the time.

Best Character:
Derek Reese (below left)

Worst Character: (only thinking of the five main characters)
John Connor (above right), which is sad because I like him.

House starts their fifth season this fall and it's starting to drag a little for me. Sure I love House's quirks and Wilson's everything, but the episodes are getting too repetitive for me. Give me some more relationship stuff, like with the House, Wilson, Cut-throat B*tch love triangle. It's like they only have one or two of these situations a season. Also if House could watch more soaps and play more gameboy I would get a bunch more laughs out of it.

Best Character:
Greg House (below left)

Worst Character:
Eric Foreman (above right)

Family Guy is now in its seventh season although there was that break in between because it got cancelled. what?!? This is by far the best animated show of all time, and they come up with the most subtle but ridiculous ways to make you laugh. One of the great things about this show is that there are three tremendous characters that I can absolutely see being someone's favorite character. Although I am a Peter man, Stewie or Brian would be absolutely the best character on any other animated show on television.

Best Character:
Peter Griffon (below)

Worst Character:
Herbert (creepy old guy)

Fox Fall Preview

Fox relies heavily on its January incorporation of American Idol and 24. Fox has this strange preference for playing their news at 10:00 and therefore they have many less openings for prime time shows. If there was one show currently on television that I wish I was caught up on it would be Fox's Prison Break. Thankfully Fox has the animated comedies covered with Family Guy, The Simpsons and the new Family Guy spin-off coming mid-season, because they are hurting on the regular comedies. Last year I enjoyed Back to You with Kelsey Grammar and Fred Willard but sadly it was cancelled. This year they bring back Til Death and add Do Not Disturb with Jerry O'Connell.

Interest Level (6=really want to start this show...1=will never watch this show)

Monday
8:00 Terminator: Sarah Connor- Season 2: Currently watching
(Starts Sept. 8)
9:00 Prison Break- Season 4: Interest Level= 6
(Starts tonight, Sept. 1)

Tuesday
8:00 House, MD- Season 5: Currently watching (Starts Sept. 16)
9:00 Fringe- New: Starting to watch (Starts Sept. 9)

Wednesday
8:00 Bones- Season 4: Interest Level= 3 (Starts Sept. 3)
9:00 'Til Death- Season 3: Started watching and stopped
(Starts Sept. 10)
9:30 Do Not Disturb- New: Starting to watch (Starts Sept. 10)

Thursday
8:00 Hole In the Wall- New: Interest Level= 3 (Starts Sept. 11)
9:00 Kitchen Nightmares- Season 2: Interest Level= 2 (Starts Sept. 4)

Friday
8:00 Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?- Season 3:
Interest Level= 1 (Starts Sept. 5)
9:00 Don't Forget the Lyrics- Season 3: Have watched sporadically (Starts Sept. 12)

Sunday
8:00 The Simpsons- Season 20: Watched repeats (Starts Sept. 28)
8:30 King of the HIll- Season 13: Interest Level= 2 (Starts Sept. 28)
9:00 Family Guy- Season 7: Currently watching (Starts Sept. 28)
9:30 American Dad- Season 4: Interest Level= 3 (Starts Sept. 28)